Program areas at ECH
Inpatient acute unit and subacute rehabilitative (swing bed) inpatient program:a 25-bed nursing unit providing acute and sub acute (swing bed)care. The smaller atmosphere creates a closer bond between the patient and professionals encouraging optimal healing and compassionate care. The sub-acute program is vital to area residents because following a hip-replacement, knee-surgery or cardiac operation, recuperation and therapy can be done at Elizabethtown Community Hospital, saving the family the time and expense of travel. The program provides one-on-one therapeutic care.
Emergency room services:ech's prior years expansion of the emergency room added new state of the art trauma rooms, a telementry system for patent monitoring, a registration area designed for patient privacy and confidentiality and new waiting areas for families and their loved ones.the Hospital operates an all-digital radiology department, allowing technologists to obtain patient images anywhere in the Hospital. In the event of a significant emergency with multiple traumas, the unit can be used anywhere in the building. When the Hospital is faced with an unusual surge in emergency room trauma cases, Hospital procedures enable staff to triage in nontraditional areas of the Hospital.
Clinic services:ech operates the Elizabethtown Community health center, westport health center located in westport,ny, the high peaks health center located in wilmington, ny, the smith house health center located in willsboro, ny, the au sable forks health center, located in au sable forks, ny, and crown point health center, located in crown point, ny. Ech operates an outpatient chemotherapy program, which includes updated infusion equipment making it possible to provide safe and efficient methods for chemotherapy and blood-related infusions. In addition, the new specialized ventilating hood enables the preparation of chemotherapy solutions on-site. This is a great convenience for cancer patients, saving them the 90-minute round-trip drive to the closest chemotherapy facility.